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Paga 2 THE BATTALION College Station, Texas Wednesday, July 3, 1963 BATTALION EDITORIALS A Short Vacation There is not much time until Friday morning'—time enough only for a short break. But there is time enough to die or cripple oneself for life. A car traveling at high speed needs only a split second to turn itself into a twisted, smoldering coffin. Only a mo ment’s neglect of the business of driving can send an auto mobile out of control or crashing into another. Holiday traffic will be thick. A safe but unhappy prediction can be made that most of the drivers will be in a hurry. Likewise, it can be predicted that most of the drivers will be thinking about where they are going, who they will see, what they will do.—Not the job at hand. According to safety officials’ forecasts 550-650 American travelers will die over the Fourth of July holiday. One state ment foresees 50,000 casualties altogeter. A record was set last year and they expect it to fall. The carnage forecasters are regrettably accurate. It would be relatively simple to prove them wrong. Drivers could slow down. They could pay attention to what they are doing. They could be considerate and mindful of traffic. We hope The Battalion won’t have to report the loss or injury of any students or area residents next issue. There is not much time until Friday morning. But isn’t it worth it to take a little more time and care to make sure you do get to your destination? Former Students Keep Attack Alive (Editor’s Note: The following story was sent Friday from Ron nie Fann, a junior journalism major at A&M and news editor of The Battalion during the reg ular school year. Fann is serv ing his newspaper internship on the Beaumont Enterprise this summer.) Beaumont—“The great history of Texas A&M has not been writ ten in home economics, hair dress ing and pin cushions,” Rep. Will Doctor’s Wife Decides On Own Career GALVESTON, Tex. <A>)_It was almost like the old days when doc tors learned medicine by what they called “reading” under a doctor’s supervision. At least that is the way Mrs. David Blacklock started on her way to medicine. She was one of the candidates for medical degrees at the recent Texas Medical School graduation. Her husband, a doctor, suffered injuries in 1956. Among other things, his eyes were impaired. During the physician’s long- months of recuperation at home during a part-time practice, Mrs. Blacklock read books on radiology to him. A petite, blue-eyed blonde, Mrs. Blacklock received a bachelor’s de gree in music from Baylor Uni versity. “The more I helped him and the more I read to him, the more fas cinating the subject of medicine became, but it was my husband who first suggested I return to school and study medicine and it was he who gave me the most en couragement,” she said. Her first step was two years of pre-med study at the University of Houston. “I commuted every day, putting 22,000 miles on the family’s car.” In the fall of 1959, she enrolled at the Galveston medical school. “It hasn’t been easy, but I’ll never get tired of learning and with my family’s help and encour agement I’ve come through,” she said. “I plan to intern at the medical center and then all I want to do is supplement him (Dr. Blacklock) and be with my family.” Smith ’39 told the Beaumont A&M Club this week. The state representative, in his introduction of Bob Rowland ’57 to the 250-man rally, advised Aggie- exes throughout the state that the fight to reverse the board decision of April 27, has just begun. ROWLAND, THE NEWS direc tor of radio station KFMK in Houston, spoke to the group of his personal efforts to get the Board of Directors to reverse their deci sion admitting coeds in the regular term. He was hailed by exes from throughout the state when he pre sented board chairman Sterling Evans his ring, saying A&M would mean nothing to him after the decision to enroll coeds. Pressing his attack, Rowland has sent out approximately 15,000 letters of protest to senators, con gressmen, industrialists and exes to gain support to have the deci sion reversed. Considered by many as the East Texas General in the anti-coed fight, he boasts the sup port of 9 out of 10 fonner students. Also attending the meeting was Travis Smith Jr. ’98, who with drew his support from the college after the board’s decision. The Houston oilman had proposed build ing an addition on the Memorial Student Center, but told the board he Would continue with his plans only after he had received in writ ing a guarantee that women would not attend A&M. WHEN ASKED whether he might not reconsider his refusal in the light of seemingly impossi ble odds, Smith told The Battalion he had two grandsons and two grandnephews at the college and would take that into consideration. In closing the meeting, Rowland told the group that the House of Representatives had voted 4% to 1 to keep at least one state institu tion all male. “I think A&M is worth saving,” he said, “and the failure of A&M exes to fight the board’s decision will cause the loss of respect the people of Texas have had for Ag- gie-exes so far.” Grove Movies Wednesday — “Beneath the 12 Mile Reef” Thursday—“Roman Holiday” Friday—“North to Alaska” Monday—No Movie Tuesday—No Movie Wednesday—“World the Flesh and the Devil” THE BATTALION Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the stu dent uJriters only. The Battalion is a non tax-supported, non profit, self-supporting educational enterprise edited and op erated by students as a college and community newspaper and is under the supervision of the director of Student Publications at Texas A&M College. The Battalion, a student newspape i, Texas daily except Saturday, Sunday, ber through May, and once a week during summer s tion. The Te seep ind at Texas A.&M. and Mond MSC Pictured In Calcutta Indians gaze at this U. S. Information but obliterated by reflection in the glass, Agency display on educational institutions is a picture of the A&M student center, here. To the right of the center man, all Requests From Prompt Peace 47 Nations Corps Test Requests from 47 nations for ad ditional Peace Corps Volunteers late this year have prompted the addition of a July 20 date for na tional administration of the Peace Corps Placement Test. Di\ Ed Henry, director of the Peace Corps selection division, said the non-competitive test will be given by the Civil Service Com mission in more than 800 communi ties on Saturday, July 20, and again on August 24. Both start at 8:30 a.m. “In order to meet even the most urgent requests from Latin Amer ica, Africa and Asia, we plan to start training programs each month from August through De cember,” Henry said. “I hope all interested college students who complete degree requirements dur ing - summer sessions will submit Aggie Enrolls At West Point William Scott Benson, who spent last year as a freshman pre-law student at A&M, enrolled Monday at the United States Military Acad emy. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Benson of San Saba. His parents were notified of the ap pointment last week. Benson was a member of Com pany A-l while in the A&M Corps of Cadets. Sbisa Hours Mon. - Fri. Sat., Sun. Breakfast 6:15- 9:00 8:00- 9:30 Dinner 11:30-12:45 12:00-12:45 Supper 5:00-6:30 5:00- 6:30 MOVING? Complete Moving Service Packing—Transportation—■ Storage Beard Transfer & Storage Agent For UNITED VAN LINES TA 2-2835 707 S. Tabor, Bryan COACH NORTON’S PANCAKE HOUSE 35 varieties of finest pancakes, aged heavy KC steaks, shrimp, and other fine foods. Daily—Merchants lunch 11 to 2 p. m. their applications and take one of the tests.” More than 2,000 prospective Vol unteers will enter training during the last five months of 1963 to sup plement the 5,000 now in the field and the 3,000 in training - during the summer. Students can obtain the location of the nearest test site by calling the local CSC. Only requirement for admission is that the applicant has already submitted a Peace Corps Questionnaire or brings his completed application with him. The test, which can’t be “passed” 4,004 Visit A&M During Last Month A total of 4,004 visitors were on the campus of A&M during the month of June, 1963, P. L. Downs, Jr., official greeter of the college, announced Monday. They were at tending short courses, conferences, class reunions and other scheduled meetings. The college had 859,157 visitors on the campus for scheduled meet ings and activities during the 14- year period and one month to July 1, 1963, from June 1, 1949, Downs pointed out. They spent $18,042,- 297.00, he estimated. There were 17 different groups on the cam pus during the month of June, 1963. “Sports Car Center” Dealers for Renault-Peugeot & British Motor Cars Sales—Parts—Service “We Service All Foreign Cars” 1422 Texas Ave. TA 2-4517 r PAKDNER You’ll Always Win The Showdown When You Get Your Duds Done At CAMPUS CLEANERS or “failed” in the traditional sense, includes one-half-hour sections on general aptitude and modern lan- gnage aptitude. Students who have had any prior training in Spanish or French take an additional one- hour test of proficiency in the ap propriate one. New System Mq Speed Up Harms Two A&M agricultural engineers have worked out a system which they believe can put mechanical cotton harvesters into the field much sooner than usual. Backing up their conclusions are tests they conducted at experiment stations at College Station, Pecos and El Paso. Results show that harvesters can go to work two weeks earlier with no reduction in cotton yield or quality. THE TWO ENGINEERS, Asso ciate Professor Lambert Wilkes and Instructor Bill Cochran, j-ushed things up by combining bottom de foliation of the cotton plant with bottom picking. Bottom defoliation, Wilkes says, is not new. Farmers are already practicing this technique. On the other hand, bottom picking is something Texas Cotton patches haven’t seen yet. Wilkes explained that hand pick ers can start work in a field when only 15 to 20 per cent of the bolls are open. But the mechanicalj )ne-hundie er is obliged to wait until tk| Brec * j n ^ is 60 to 70 per cent ready,si ^ er Sunde of two to three weeks. d Texas 1 HERE IS HOW the ijJ^-oidboys devise the system to elic some of that delay: 10_ Ai up which i I A&M car I over Texa Ilarence M Bottom Defoliation — Most J&jty Unive have three to five nozzles spray each side of the plant,itJ bottom. Wilkes removed slip Player a nozzles except the bottonuapt Bartzen, each side. The result is a which reaches only the low third or one-half of the plait Bottom Picking — the etijigj removed the top six to eigtt of spindles in the picker plugged the holes. Since courts bolls open before the upper mcreasec the remaining spindles pidi the ripe cotton. At the same a the machine takes in fewer? leaves and bolls, injures thei less, and saves wear and tec the unused spindles. women ai Jlegiate pla ptas helping ARTZEN mer tenni Vista, n Class Schedule Chang® The Office of the Registrar has announced the fob ing changes in the schedule of classes for the second sa mer session: Education Course 427 — Principles of Guidance. (9-0) 3. Sects Daily, 11-12:30. Room 160 Academic. Psychology Course 301 — Educational Psychology. (9-0) 3. Sects Daily, 9-10:30. Room 105 Academic. 1 Mechanical Engineering Course 328 — Thermodynamics. (9-0) 3. Sectioni, Daily, 9-10:30. Room 208 Fermier. Course 340 — Physical Metallurgy. (6-9) 3. Sec Daily 7-8:30, TTh 1-5:30. Room 5 Fermier. 1. &M. is published in College Sta- lay, and holiday periods, Septem- ichool. 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